Shoe-ornament-attaching device



G. E. DALRYMPLE. SHOE ORNAMENT ATTACHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION men MAR- s. 1919.

1 ,3 1 6, 93 Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

'mB COLUMBIA PLANbGRAPli CO., WASHINGTON. I). c.

GEORGE E. DALRYMPL-E, or HAVERHILL, MASS-ACHUSETT.

SHOE-ORNAMENT-ATTACHING-DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Sept. 1919.

Application filed March 5, 1919. Serial No. 230,720.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. DALRYM- PLE,.3.- citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haverhill, in the oountyof Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in ShooOrnament-Attaching Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in means for attaching ornamental buckles to ladies pumps or slippers and more particularly to certain improvements in the type of attaching means shown in the Patent to Cohen #1058974, in which the buckle is permanently attached to an inclined tongue supported on the shoe upper in proximity to the front of the shoe open- The objects of my invention are to simplify and improve the construction of this type of buckle-attaching means, so that the expense of manufacture may be reduced and its durability may be increased, and to avoid, as far as possible, the danger of breakage of the buckle-supporting means. Further, to provide a construction which will permit a large variety of ornamental buckles to be employed on any one supporting means, so

that they may be readily interchanged, but

will be securely retained in position, when placed on said supporting means, by means which permit the removal thereof without difficulty and the ready substitution of another ornament.

I accomplish these objects by the means shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure l is an elevation of a slipper, illustrating the appearance thereof with an ornamental buckle attached thereto by means embodying my invention: Fig. 2 is a sectional view, taken at the middle, longitudinal, vertical plane of the shoe, of the ornament supporting tongue which I employ:

Figs. 3 and 4: are front and top views thereof respectively:

Fig. 5 is a view of the inner or back side of a shoe ornament, showing the co'o'perating attaching means which I employ:

Fig. 6 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view at line 7-7 of Fig. 5 and Fig. 8 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through the middle of the ornament and its attaching means.

According to my invention, I provide a the shoe, as by sewing, said'tongue and .1.

base being adapted to be stamped from flat metal sheets, and to bebent into the form shown. The base b is shaped in concave form, at its rear edge, to correspond to the edge of the vamp at the" point of attachment, so that it may be set closely as possible to the front of the foot opening, and the opposite edge of said base is recessed at each side of the tongue a, sothat the base end of the tongue is held as closely as practicable to the rear edge of the base, from which point said tongue is extended in a complete semi-circular curve and from this point is extended at an angle in a direction oblique to the base. A resilient connection is thusprovided between the tongue and base which will yield without breaking, so that, when pressed out of position, it will return to said position when released. The tongue. is provided with a series of suitably spaced apertures c in the middle line thereof, throughout the greater portion of its length, as shown.

The form of ornament shown is an, imita' tion buckle frame 0!, having a cross bar (5, in front of which a filler, consisting of a strip 6 of patent leather, or other material,

is inserted, a buckram stiffener being ce mented or sewed to the back side of the strip 6 in a well known manner. A sheet metal clip 9 is securely attached to the cross-bar cl, at the middle portion thereof by means of lugs g, which are struck out of the base portion of the clip and bent tightly about the bar 03, as most clearly indicated in Fig. 7, to provide a permanent connection therewith. Said clip is also provided with inwardly turned flanges 9 at its opposite side from said lugs, which are formed on the opposite edges of said clip, in position to extend transversely of the buckle frame, and to provide guide ways in which the tongue a is adapted to fit slidably. The middle portion of said clip is struck out to form a round projection 9 in position to engage the tongue in the apertures 0 thereof.

In attaching the ornament to the shoe, the base I) is first secured inposition by sewing, or other suitable means, and then the clip is merely slipped onto the tongue a,

until the lower edge of the ornament either rests on the front of the shoe, or is held in close proximity thereto, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, in which position the projection 9 will be engaged in one of the apertures 0, as indicated in Fig. 8, the arrangement being such that when the clip is passed onto the tongue, said projection will have a strong frictional engagement with the surface thereof and will snap into each aperture 0, into which it is moved into coincidence. When thus arranged, with the projection g in one of these apertures 0, the frictional resistance acting to prevent removal of the clip from the tongue is sufficient to prevent accidental removal thereof under practically all conditions but permits removal of one clip with the ornament thereon and the substitution of another without difficulty, whenever desired.

The construction is simple and durable and comparatively easy to manufacture, as the whole attaching device comprises only two pieces, both of which may be conveniently stamped out of sheet metal.

In practice, the clips and tongues are made in standard sizes, so that all parts are interchangeable, the tongues also being made in several standard lengths, to corre spond, in a general way, to ornaments of substantially different widths. It is, obviously, immaterial whether, in forming the frictional locking means, the projecting member of the lock is formed on the clip or on the tongue with the recessed member on the opposite part as the case may be, but, to provide for wide variations in sizes of the ornaments, the series of engaging means should be formed with the tongue.

I claim:

1. A shoe ornament attaching means com prising a tongue adapted to be attached at formed end-portion adapted for attachment 7 to the shoe upper, and resiliently connected thereto, a clip having inwardly turned flanges adapted slidably to engage the longitudinal edges of said tongue and to be permanently attached to the back side of the ornament, and interengaging, relatively projecting and recessed portions, disposed on said clip and tongue, for frictionally locking said clip on said tongue.

3. In combination with a shoe ornament having a transverse bar, a sheet metal tongue of uniform width and having means at one end for attaching the same in an angular position with relation to a shoe, a sheet metal clip having inwardly turned flanges at one side adapted slidably to engage the longitudinal edges of said tongue and having projecting lugs at the opposite side bent about said bar to form a permanent connection with the ornament, and interengaging, relatively projecting and recessed portions disposed on said clip, and on said tongue at intervals longitudinally thereof, for frictionally locking said clip in different positions on said tongue.

In testimony whereof I have signed name to this specification.

GEORGE E. DALRYMPLE.

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